Notices by Yorkshire Bylines (yorksbylines@mastodon.social)

A senior US government official has called for “lower quality humans” to be sterilised en masse – his country has been here before | Jennie Kermode

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/the-us-is-talking-about-mass-sterilisation-again/?feed_id=6026&_unique_id=67bd66f2edb61
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/the-us-is-talking-about-mass-sterilisation-again/?feed_id=6026&_unique_id=67bd66f2edb61

Who among us hasn’t accidentally thrown up a Nazi salute on camera? Cast your stones wisely! | Steve Pottinger

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/poetry/let-the-stones-fly/?feed_id=5559&_unique_id=679001b303e83
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/poetry/let-the-stones-fly/?feed_id=5559&_unique_id=679001b303e83

A study of the BBC’s Question Time has raised concerns about representation and political impartiality | Tony Burke

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/is-the-bbc-now-the-official-mouthpiece-for-reform/?feed_id=5547&_unique_id=678fde5137dc3
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/is-the-bbc-now-the-official-mouthpiece-for-reform/?feed_id=5547&_unique_id=678fde5137dc3

Could Yorkshire witness the first PFAS related legal claim in the UK? | Brian McHugh

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/yorkshire-town-at-the-centre-of-a-pfas-pollution-case/?feed_id=5527&_unique_id=678df4eed97fc
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/yorkshire-town-at-the-centre-of-a-pfas-pollution-case/?feed_id=5527&_unique_id=678df4eed97fc

The toxic trajectory of the world’s richest man highlights the dangers of unchecked wealth, power, and personal arrogance | Andy Brown

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/elon-musk-from-tech-visionary-to-reactionary-megalomanic/?feed_id=5387&_unique_id=677c0c911b76e
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/elon-musk-from-tech-visionary-to-reactionary-megalomanic/?feed_id=5387&_unique_id=677c0c911b76e

Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land | Geoff Thompson

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/whose-land-tax-avoidance-and-the-broken-economics-of-british-farming/?feed_id=4919&_unique_id=6748a6063504d
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/whose-land-tax-avoidance-and-the-broken-economics-of-british-farming/?feed_id=4919&_unique_id=6748a6063504d

Hull faces increasing flood risks from rising sea levels, with escalating costs and future abandonment looming as defences become uneconomical | Kevin Paulson

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/sea-flooding-in-hull/

✍ Brazil has lessons for Europe on how to handle Elon Musk – ‘cojones’ are required

A senior judge in Brazil lost patience with Musk and his capricious ways; Musk fought the law, and the law won

By Ann Moody

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/brazil-has-lessons-for-europe-on-how-to-handle-elon-musk-cojones-are-required/

✍️ Rejoin Erasmus – let a new generation rebuild broken bridges

The UK should once again ‘embrace Erasmus’. With the Turing scheme replacement, individuals are missing out and the UK is less well-off

By Josie Sharp

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/rejoin-erasmus-let-a-new-generation-rebuild-broken-bridges/

Shining a spotlight on the powerfully transgressive work of Smita Patil - Leeds International Film Festival dazzles the aisles with a retrospective showing of Debshishu | Sam Quarton

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/debshishu-and-smita-patil-leeds-international-film-festivals-spotlight-success/

The People v Leeds Bradford Airport – new twists | Leeds Bradford Airport’s night-flight breaches continue as council enforcement lags, sparking renewed challenges from environmental group GALBA | Nick Hodgkinson

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/the-people-v-leeds-bradford-airport-new-twists/?feed_id=4804&_unique_id=672c60c98a56d
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/the-people-v-leeds-bradford-airport-new-twists/?feed_id=4804&_unique_id=672c60c98a56d

Israel’s ongoing campaign of destruction and violence against Palestinians raises challenging questions about British responsibility | Tony Barta

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/is-britian-to-blame-for-the-horrors-of-gaza/?feed_id=4730&_unique_id=6725d5780f3a2
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/is-britian-to-blame-for-the-horrors-of-gaza/?feed_id=4730&_unique_id=6725d5780f3a2

British migrants living abroad can now register to vote in UK parliamentary elections, regardless of how long they’ve been away | Lisa Burton

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/a-political-gamechanger-brits-abroad-given-uk-lifelong-voting-rights/?feed_id=256&_unique_id=65a627fe1b481

What if it’s too late? Is it time to ditch the positive spin about 'climate change' and start planning for the consequences of this Earth systems collapse? | Andy Brown

#COP28 #ClimateCrisis #EarthSystemsCollapse
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/what-if-its-too-late-facing-the-consequences-of-climate-change/

💥 BREAKING NEWS 💥
National Trust members defeat hostile move from 'anti-woke' group Restore Trust | Ann Moody

#NationalTrust https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/national-trust-election-results-we-did-it/

With multiple climate records being shattered each consecutive summer, our civilisation faces an unprecedented and stark choice | Andy Brown

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateRecords
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/new-climate-limits-breached-a-blind-sprint-to-the-precipice/